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- Air India recently operated the longest non-stop Flight operated by an all-women pilot group.
- The new route has saved fuel consumption, flying time, and curbing carbon footprint by flying over the polar route as the flight path.
- The flight is Air India’s longest route in its network at approx 14,000 km (8,698 miles) and the longest flight to and from India (approximately 16 hours).
- It includes the four women - Captain Zoya Aggarwal, Captain Papagari Thanmai, Captain Akansha Sonaware and Captain Shivani Manhas.
- They flew for 17 hours.
- The flight was started at San Francis of the USA.
- It landed at the Kempegowda international airport in Bengaluru.
- This route is also one of the top 10 longest routes in the World, in terms of distance flown.
- Air India has the most number of Women pilots in the world.
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